Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D9 / Black Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D9 Contaminants in seafood
Region/subregion Black Sea
Reported by Member state
Member state
Bulgaria
Romania
Member state report
Marine reporting units MRUs used
  • BLK-BG-AA-EmineMaslennos
  • BLK-BG-AA-GalataEmine
  • BLK-BG-AA-KaliakraGalata
  • BLK-BG-AA-MaslennosRezovo
  • BLK-BG-AA-OpenSea
  • BLK-BG-AA-Shelf
  • BLK-BG-AA-SivriburunKaliakra
  • BLK_RO_RG_MT01
Features Chemical
  • Contaminants - in seafood (67)
  • Contaminants - in seafood (11)
Element Aldrin
  • D9C1 (1)
Element Benzo(a)pyrene
  • D9C1 (1)
  • D9C1 (1)
Element Cadmium and its compounds
  • D9C1 (8)
  • D9C1 (1)
Element Cesium 134
  • D9C1 (7)
Element Cesium 137
  • D9C1 (7)
Element Dieldrin
  • D9C1 (1)
Element Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds (7 PCDDs + 10 PCDFs + 12 PCB-DLs)
  • D9C1 (7)
Element Endrin
  • D9C1 (1)
Element Gama-HCH (Lindane)
  • D9C1 (1)
Element Heptachlor
  • D9C1 (1)
Element Hexachlorobenzene
  • D9C1 (1)
Element Lead and its compounds
  • D9C1 (8)
  • D9C1 (1)
Element Mercury and its compounds
  • D9C1 (7)
Element Non-dioxin like PCB (sum of 6 PCB: 28, 52, 101, 138, 153 and 180)
  • D9C1 (7)
  • D9C1 (1)
Element Sr 90
  • D9C1 (1)
Element Strontium 90
  • D9C1 (6)
Element Sum of PAHs (Benzo(a)pyrene, Benzo(a)anthracene, Benzo(b)fluoranthene, Chrysene)
  • D9C1 (1)
Element Sum of dioxins (WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ)
  • D9C1 (7)
Element Total DDT (DDT, p,p' + DDT, o,p' + DDE, p,p' + DDD, p,p')
  • D9C1 (1)
Element2
  • Seafood
  • seafood
  • Mytilus galloprovincialis
Element sources No. of elements per level
  • EU (67)
  • National (0)
  • EU (4)
  • National (7)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D9 Contaminants in seafood
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D9C1 Contaminants in seafood (9.1, 9.1.1)
  • Other - Fish: Alosa immaculata, Mullus barbatus Pontius, Trachurus mediterraneus ponticus (9)
  • Other - Fish: Mugil cephalus (6)
  • Other - Fish: Mullus barbatus Pontius, Merlangius merlangus (9)
  • Other - Fish: Neogobius melanostomus (8)
  • Other - Fish: Pomatomus saltatrix,Neogobius melanostomus,Psetta maxima maeotica (9)
  • Other - Fish: Squalus acanthias (9)
  • Other - Fish: Trachurus mediterraneus ponticus, Mullus barbatus Pontius, Sprattus Sprattus sulinus, Neogobius melanostomus (9)
  • Other - Fish:Neogobius melanostomus (1)
  • Other - Shellfish: Rapana Venosa (4)
  • Other - Shellfish: Rapana Venosa, Fish: Mugil cephalus (3)
  • Other - CONC-B (11)
Threshold values % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
100% (67)
100% (11)
Threshold value sources D9 Contaminants in seafood
Threshold value sources D9C1 Contaminants in seafood (9.1, 9.1.1)
  • Foodstuffs (46)
  • Other (21)
  • Foodstuffs (4)
  • National (7)
Value achieved upper % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
100% (67)
100% (11)
Value achieved lower % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
100% (67)
100% (11)
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D9 Contaminants in seafood
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D9C1 Contaminants in seafood (9.1, 9.1.1)
  • Bq/kg (21)
  • milligram per kilogram (23)
  • ng/kg (21)
  • ug/kg (2)
  • microgram per kilogram of wet weight (3)
  • milligram per kilogram of wet weight (8)
Proportion threshold values Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Range: 74-75% (11 of 11 parameters)
Proportion values achieved Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Range: 80-100% (11 of 11 parameters)
Proportion threshold value units
% of samples achieving threshold value
Trends No. of trends per category
  • Deteriorating (0 or 0.0%)
  • Improving (0 or 0.0%)
  • Stable (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (67 or 100.0%)
  • Deteriorating (1 or 9.1%)
  • Improving (1 or 9.1%)
  • Stable (9 or 81.8%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
Parameters achieved No. of parameters per category
  • No (5 or 7.5%)
  • Yes (62 or 92.5%)
  • No (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (11 or 100.0%)
Related indicators
  • BLK-BG-D9C1-Contaminants_Seafood
  • 9.1
Criteria status No. of criteria per category
  • Good (62 or 92.5%)
  • Not good (5 or 7.5%)
  • Good (11 or 100.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
Element status No. of elements per category
  • Good (62 or 92.5%)
  • Not good (5 or 7.5%)
  • Good (11 or 100.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
Integration rule type for parameters
OOAO (11 or 100.0%)
Integration rule description for parameters
Integration rule type for criteria
Not relevant (11 or 100.0%)
Integration rule description for criteria
GES extent threshold
  • 75.00 (11 of 11, or 100.0%)
GES extent achieved
  • 100.00 (27 of 67, or 40.3%)
  • 75.00 (9 of 67, or 13.4%)
  • 83.00 (13 of 67, or 19.4%)
  • 88.00 (18 of 67, or 26.9%)
  • 100.00 (11 of 11, or 100.0%)
GES extent unit
  • Proportion of substances in good status (67 of 67, or 100.0%)
  • Proportion of substances in good status (11 of 11, or 100.0%)
GES achieved Contaminants - in seafood
  • GES achieved (27)
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (40)
  • GES achieved (11)
Assessment period
2015-2016 (67 or 100.0%)
2012-2017 (11 or 100.0%)
Related pressures
  • Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events (11 or 100.0%)
Related targets
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